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Beverley to Perth Race

Graeme Cocks' talk on Percy Armstrong's life

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Written by robfrith On September 17, 2021
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There was no made road across the Nullarbor and at one stage they spent two days wheeling their cycle through heavy sand. Another section was pitted with camel tracks; sometimes the country was overgrown with brush and near the Madura Pass the jagged edge of limestone had been exposed by strong winds.

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